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I could describe Enyinna Nwigwe as a luxurious slice of chocolate cake, but it would be an understatement. I could describe him as a delicious bowl of seafood okra but the beauty that is Enyinna pass Okra. Enyinna’s face in Nollywood is nothing new, He has acted in different Nollywood movies, but I only noticed him in the movie “The wedding party” where he played Nonso Onwuka the brother to Dozie Onwuka played by Banky W.

Enyinna the beautiful is also an avid foodie, one who isn’t ashamed to cook or ask for seafood okra :p And as he also cooks, he surely deserves some accolades.

see wetin fine boy cook. gotten from Eyinna’s Instagram’s stories

I remember looking through his pictures on Instagram and being swooned, of course it ended with me making a comment and him asking for a bowl of seafood okra. Enyinna, you see, I gat you bro!

I refer to Enyinna as the only Nigerian, Igbotic cow boy.

Apart from his acting skills, Enyinna has a very clean dress sense. The dude can wear anything and look like a million bucks. His baby face, his acting skills and his overall personality sets him apart from most male actors.

see person pikin as he fine

On a serious note, I was mostly swooned by Enyinnas’ love for food/cooking and I instantly knew I had to do an interview with him. Not only is he a pleasant person, but he’s also the real deal. I was curious to learn about him and I’m sure most of us wonder how he lives his daily life.

Please read our interview below:

Nlc: You’re an actor and a foodie. Where are you from in Nigeria?

Enyinna: “I am from Imo state, Nigeria.”

Nlc: How do you balance your real life and being a popular actor?

Enyinna: “I simply live, don’t have a particular approach to it.”

Nlc: You’re an obvious foodie. I see on your stories the food you cook and photograph. What’s your favorite food and how often do you get to cook/eat it?.

Enyinna: “I really can’t say there’s a ‘favorite’ but I love local Nigerian delicacies, jollof rice, Nigerian soups etc, and they are my favorites to make too.”

Nlc: What was the first movie you starred in?

Enyinna: “Wheel Of Change”

Nlc: How do you impact the community around you with your work as an actor?

Eyinna: “I believe my job as an actor enables me wear different hats, putting human faces to situations we face daily in the society, delving into socially sensitive conversations that would otherwise end up as basic conversations through story telling, pushing cultural & global conversations, going past boundaries & telling the African story our own way,setting new narratives, shifting and shaping perceptions.”

Nlc: How did you find out your passion was acting?

Enyinna: “It was purely serendipitous. Went on to hone my craft along the way.”

Nlc: As an actor and a foodie, where do you see yourself in the future? Will you act and cook?

Enyinna: “Currently working on reining it all in, you’ll get to hear soon!”

Nlc: What is your favorite thing to do or eat on a movie set?

Enyinna: “Rice is always SAFE option.”

Nlc: Please share with us one thing we don’t know about you.

Enyinna: “I can be EXTRA perceptive.”

Nlc: What advice will you give to me and others who are pursuing their passion; mine being food?

Enyinna; “One life to live, live it all up & ON YOUR OWN TERMS. “Success happens at the speed of your passion”

Now ladies and gentlemen are you looking for the light at the end of the tunnel? Enyinna is at that light 🙂 Just follow the ladder 🙂

About the author

Hi...My name is Nma I am quirky and what you would call a nerd. As a growing girl, I disliked going in the kitchen because I was so "Lazy"infact, my laziness when it came to cooking could superceded epic proportions. At some point all I could cook was "jollof supergetti" for my brothers. While my father was alive (may GOD rest his soul) he used to have me make him fresh oiless okra soup and LORD did I hate it! As the years went by I started falling inlove with art and cooking which is my own contribution to the arts has inspired my project "Dine Africa" which is set to show along side Africa's wide variety of ethnic nationalities, cultures and enormous landmass is, if course, its culinary culture and exotic cuisines
Please join me as I celebrate the arts through African (Nigerian) cooking; and through my mother's recipes (some of which I tweaked to fit my choices). I shall also share some easy kitchen tips for the lazy cooks like me. Join me as we celebrate food, love and life. Dine Africa with me.
Blessings

Hi... my name is Nma. I am quirky, and what you would call a nerd. As a growing girl, I disliked ‘going into the kitchen’ because I was so ‘lazy’. In fact, my laziness when it came to cooking could be said to have superseded epic proportions! At a point all I could cook was ‘jollof supergetti’ for my brothers.
While my father was alive (may GOD rest his soul), he used to have me make him fresh, oil-less okra soup and boy did I hate it! As the years went by, I started falling in love with art. And the necessity to cook for others, and myself, pushed me to look for ways to rustle up simple but delicious meals. From then, I became more interested in cooking and started developing recipes. I now see cooking as an art, and I consider it my own contribution to the arts in general. Cooking has inspired my project - “Dine Africa”, which is set to show Africa’s culinary culture and exotic cuisines alongside its wide variety of ethnic nationalities, cultures and enormous land mass.
Please join me as I celebrate the arts through African (Nigerian) cooking; and through my mother’s recipes (some of which I tweaked to fit my choices). I shall also share some easy kitchen tips for the ‘lazy’ cooks like me.
Join me as we celebrate food, love and life. Dine Africa with me.
Blessings.